Pelley accuses Weiss of ‘murdering’ ’60 Minutes:’ New York Times

CBS News journalist Scott Pelley tore into the network’s top editor, Bari Weiss, during a contentious meeting among “60 Minutes” employees.

Pelley during a staff meeting told new “60 Minutes” executive producer Nick Bilton, a former New York Times journalist and author, that he had “slender” qualifications for the job and accused CBS’s corporate company parent Paramount of working to tear down the shows brand, the New York Times reported.

“The rumors people are spreading, that I’m going to turn the show into 60 one-minute episodes, that it’s going to be like TikTok, that is not changing. The show is going to stay exactly like it is for now,” Bilton reportedly told staffers during the meeting, assuring them, “Bari loves this........

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